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A APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, I913. 1,155,798. Patented oet. 5,1915.

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COMPRESSOR.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 23,19I3.

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S. COOPER.

COMPRESSOR.

APPLICATION F1LED JULY 23.1913. 1,155,798. Patented oet. 5, 1915.

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S. COOPER.

COMPRESSOR.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY 23. |913.

1,155,798. Patented 00L. 5, 1915.

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SIMON COOPER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORTO GQR'ION-PEW FISHERIESCOMPANY, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, .A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

COMPRESSOR. j

Application led July 23, 1913.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON COOPER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of New York, in the county of Kings, borough ofBrooklyn, and State of New York, (whose post-office address is No. 32East Twenty-third street, New York, N. Y.,) have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Compressors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates broadly to compressors, and more particularly isdesigned to provide an apparatus adapted to compress into a homogeneouscake or form a material which is capable of mass compression, and whichis preferably shredded, flaked or stripped, whether or not such materialbe preliminarily accommodated within a container; an apparatus theembodiment of which herein disclosed is especially adapted forutilization in connection with the compression or caking of fishproducts.

The cardinal object of this invention is' to provide a compressinginstrumentality and controlling means therefor whereby suchvinstrumentality may gradually become effective.

Another object of thisuinventio'n is to provide such an apparatus, andone further adapted to transport the material to be caked during thependency of the compressing operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide such an apparatus, andone adapted so to compress said material simultaneously into a pluralityof cakes that preferably separate unit masses of material may besuccessively fed into the apparatus and thereupon each become removedfrom the point of feeding thereafter to lie adjacent other predeterminedpoints within the apparatus whereby the compressing instrumentality mayprogressively become more efficient adjacent each successivepredetermined point.

Another object of the invention is to provide in connection with suchapparatus means adapted to cause a predetermined disposition within suchapparatus of such units of the materia-l as have not been properlydisposed within the said apparatus adjacent the point of feeding.

Another object of the invention is to provide automatic means forcausing a halting Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

serial No. 780,627.

of a certain part of the apparatus upon an engagement of a unit of thematerial with the means mentioned in the preceding paragraph,providedthat such engagement is so established that said means may notperform its characteristic function.

Another object of this invention is to provide in connection with suchapparatus means adapted automatically tov cause the egress fromwithinrange of the effectivemstrumentalities of each successively fed andpredeterminedly finally compressed mass units of material. j r

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than thosestated above, together with the advantages inherent, will be in partobvious and in part specifically referred to in the course of thefollowing description of the elements, combinations, arrangements ofparts, and applications of principles constituting the invention; andthe scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, whichv are to be taken asa part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown a form of emi bodim'ent of theinvention as at present preparts; F ige is a top plan view of the4 partsdisclosed in Fig. 2, certain of the parts being broken vaway and certainof the parts not being shown; and Fig. 5 is al vertical sectional viewtaken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2 and lookingin the direction of theadjacent arrows, this view not showingl all of the superposed and belowparts but disclosing a form of container 8 which may with advantage beutilized in connection with the compression action if desired.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

ReferringA no-w to the accompanying drawings, reference numeral 9represents a preferably rigid base or bed-plate, which is provided withVa web 10 (Fig. 3) supporting a central hub or bearing 11 to receive thelower end of the vertical shaft as shown. A revolving table 13 ismounted loosely upon said shaft 12 for revolution thereon, the saidtable being provided cn its underside as shown with bosses 14, tapped toreceive bolts 15; these bolts serving to fasten worm gear 16 to saidtable.

The teeth carried by worm gear 1G are adapted to mesh, as best shown inFig. 4, with the teeth carried by a worm 17 lixedly mounted upon Vthemain driving shaft 18, the last being driven in the manner hereinafterdescribed from the pulley 19 (Fig. 3) and being adapted preferably to beautomatically controlled as hereinafter described, through certainclutching means disposed within the clutch case 20 here employed andhereinafter described. Pulley 19 is driven from the belt 21, preferablytraveling in the direction of the arrow shown thereon in Fig. 3.

On the upper face of table 13 (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) are a plurality ofsubdivisions or delimited areas 22, which are established by thewedge-shaped pieces 23 equally distanced upon and fastened to said tableas shown.

Mounted loosely on said shaft 12, but fastened to said table androtating' with it, is a turret 24 (Figs. 1, 2 and 3), and said turretcarries in the manner below described a plurality of sliding pieces orplungers 25, each corresponding to and each opposite one of thesubdivisions 22, and each disposed for movement vertically in gibs 26carried upon the outer face of said turret. On the upper end of eachslide 24 is a stud 27, upon which is adapted to be pivotally supported asliding piece 25, as shown, held in place by a nut 23; and upon each ofwhich studs is loosely mounted for revolution thereon a roller 29.

.Flach roller 29 is adapted to travel, during the revolution of wormgear 16 and consequently during the simultaneous revolution of turret24, in the track or groove 30 (Figs. 1 and 3) formed in the outerperipheral surface of the cam 31 which is loosely mounted upon the shaft12 but fixed against revolution therewith by means of the bolt 32 (Fig.3) setting up a rigid connection between said cam 31 and the arm 33. Asbest shown in Fig. 2, said arm is fastened to and supported upon therear extension 34 of the bed-plate 9. The worm 17 (Figs. 2 and 4) issuitably accommodated within the gear box or pocket 17 rigidly connectedas shown to the bed-plate 9, with which box the adjacent terminus ofdriving shaft 18 is journaled.

Mounted as shown upon each sliding piece 5 is a shoe 35. These shoes arecapable of preferably slight adjustment in vertical direction by meansof the slotted holes 36 (Fig. 1) through which the bolts 37 pass infastening the shoes to sliding piece 25. The screws 38 (Fig. 3) are heredisclosed to prevent any backing of the shoes upon their supportingpieces 25. rlhe under surface of each shoe is here disclosed asconstituting a flat rectangular face 35 corresponding in outline withthe outline of each shoe 35 shown in Fig. 2, properly disposed todescend within the metal form or container utilized. ln the practiceheretofore followed, each container is preferably open top and bottom,that is. not yet provided with the floor 8 disclosed in Fig. 5.

A recess 39 is formed in each of the sides of each preferablywedge-shaped piece 23 to receive the beaded lower edges of the container8 (Fig. 5) and similar recesses 40 are formed in the base of turret 24for coperation with said recesses 39. The front end of each shoe 35carries as shown (Figs. 1 and 3) a preferably beveled and dependingnose-piece 41 which predeterminedly assists in forcing the cam 42 (Fig.2), as will appear from the description hereinafter, into its properplace, and furthermore aids said cam in withstanding` any internalpressure caused by the compression of a foot upon the contents of acontainer, or else has a tendency to keep collected a. mass unit of thematerial itself were not such a container utilized. 1t will thus be seenthat during the revolution in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2of rotating table 13, and with it the eight subdivisions 22 (into eachof which a mass of material or a container 3 predeterminedly filled withsaid material is adapted to be fed adjacent the feeding point 6 shown inFig. 2). each of said subdivisions with its load will successivelycooperate' with and be acted upon by said cam 42 in the manneraforesaid. During the revolution of said table 13. each of saidsubdivisions, preferably loaded as aforesaid,

and each carrying above it in constant verl tical relation one of thecompression shoes 35, is transported successively pastA each of theldelineated locations 22 shown in Fig. 2; and it will be understood thatthe lay of the peripheral groove 30 (formed in the cam 31 fixedlvarranged as illustrated in Fig. 3), which groove is preferably graduallydescending between the points 43 and 44 (Fig. 2) and preferablygradually ascending between the points 44 and 43 (Fig. 2). the point 43being preferably adjacent the tail of the centering cam 42. will causeeach particular foot suspended initially vertically removed from thematerial therebelow, first gradually and until the point 44 is reachedto progressively compress to the predetermined extent the said material,and thereafter gradually and until the point is reached to release thepressure upon said material. A. general indication of the present lay ofone-half of the fixedy circumferential groove 30. formed as aforesaid inthe anchored cam 31, is shown by the dotted line elevation 30 of Fig. 3;and from an examination of which the description of the action of eachfoot 35 with relation to the locations of the points 43 and 44 of Fig. 2will be better understood.

Now passing to a description of the operation of the latch 72 and of theparts controlled thereby, and adverting preliminarily to a descriptionof said parts so controlled by the actuation of said latch, attention isdirected particularly to Figs. 2 and 3. It should first be understoodthat main driving shaft 18 as disclosed in Fig. 2 is assumed to havebeen rotated one quarter of a revolution to take up the positionillustrated in Fig. 3, whereby the keyway 45 may be observed in plan inboth said figures. Said key-way is adapted to accommodate the feather 46slidably therein. Feather 46 is flushwith the circumference of the shaft18 and is fastened by means of screws 47 (Fig. 3) to a sliding collar 48loosely mounted on said shaft. In the outer portion of collar 48 isformed an annular groove 49, arranged to receive the pair of oppositelydisposed studs 50 one of which is illustrated in said Fig. 3, each ofsaid studs extending inwardly from one of the two lower arms of thebifurcated lever 51, which is fulcrumed upon stud 52 extending from arm53 to bracket 54. Driving shaft 18 finds a bearing in the collar portion54 formed integrally upon the bracket 54; said bracket also carrying anintegral extension 54". Lever 51 has mounted upon its upper end asegment 55 carrying the pins 56 and 57 these parts being provided for apurpose which will be explained hereinafter, to wit, to allow a rod64fhereinafter mentioned to control the rocking of lever 51, controllingthe feather 46 Fig. 3).

The free end of the feather 46 has a raised portion 58 adapted at theproper times to function as a cam. Clutch case 20 is here bolted asshown to the drivingpulley 19, which latter is loosely mounted upon'driving shaft 18 but restrained against longitudinal movement thereon byvirtue of its inter-position between the collar 59 fixedly mounted uponsaid shaft 18 and the clutch head 60 also fixedly mounted upon saidshaft. Pivotally mounted upon the inner face of said clutch head 60 is apawl 6'1 adapted to engage with one of a plurality of lugs 62 (only onebeing here shown) extending from the inner face of clutch case 20. lViththe feather 46 in normal location within key-way 45 the cam portion 58lies in the position illustrated in Fig. 3, that is, in such aneffective location that upon the driving of pulley 19 in the directionof the arrow shown on driving pulley 21, the clutch case 20 carriedtherewith will bring one of said lugs formed in said clutch case intoengagement with pawl 61 and couple to said driving pulley thepulley-carrying clutch head 60 and consequently also couple to saiddriving pulley the driving shaft 18. The dotted-line position of saidcam portion 58 shown in this figure at 58 in connection with itscoperating parts clarifies the above disclosure, and makes clear thestatement contained hereinafter in connection with the description ofthe operation of the apparatus that the predetermined vmovement offeather 46 in the direction of the arrow 63 within key-way 45, due tothe rocking of lever 51, breaks the coupling of driving pulley 19 anddriving shaft 18.

Before passing now to a consideration of Figs. 1 and 2, in continuationof this description of thek operation of the latch 72 and of the partscontrolled thereby, atten- Lion is preparatorily called to the locationin Figs. 2 and 3 of the segment 55 and the pins 56 and 57 carriedthereby, as just mentioned in connection with Figs. 2 and 3. Referringto said Figs. 1 and 2, free to slide in extension 54 of bracket 54 is asquare rod 64, and this rod is supported at its front end within thebracket 65 mounted upon the fixed supporting piece 66. Beyond thebracket65 the front end of this rod 64 isl bent into a handle 67 formanual control of said segments as hereinafter described. Op-

posite segment 55 is arranged a block 68 (F ig. 2), fixedly attached tothe rod 64 whereby upon the shifting of said rod said block may move inthe path of the pins 56 and 57. A retractile'spring 69, extensilebetween the hook 70 mounted as shown andv the collar 71 fixedly mountedupon said rod,

tends to urge the'rod 64 to its rear position o (as just described inconnection with Fig.v

to the extent shown into the possible path of a projecting container 8or a unit massv i.

of material during the rotation of turret 24. The purpose of providingthis latch 72 and its nose portion 72 is to disclose a means capacitatedfor automatically causing a cessation of operation of the apparatuswhenever container 8 or a unit mass of material is so defectively fedupon rotating table 13 that the cam 42 mentioned in the followingparagraph cannot correct the defect, `and to that end to arrange saidlatch 72 whereby an untoward engagement with it by a container 8 or aunit mass of material will cause said latch to disengage with the rod 64suiiiciently to allow said rod (as hereinafter described) to uncouplethe driving pulley 19 and the driving shaft 18, thereby to bring about ahalting of the turret 24.

The cam is mounted here upon the bed* plate 9, preferably placed asshown and at such an angle as to gradually engage with a possiblyprojecting container 8 or aunit mass of material which is yet notprojecting sufficiently to engage with the nose 72 of the latch 72 toproperly force said container or said mass of material into properlocation below the appropriate foot 35 suspended thereover.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 4, a substantially Z-shapedlever 77 is shown, its goose-neck portion being medially accommodatedwithin the slot 7 8 formed in the bed plate 9, said lever beingpivotally mounted as at 79 and carrying a fiXedly mounted claw 80. 0nthe underside of rotating table 13 is a depending octuple-notched cam81, one notched section of said cam being preferably located as shownbeneath each of the subdivisions 22 located as aforesaid upon the uppersurface of said rotating table. Lever 77 is provided with an extension32 (Fig. 4), carrying as shown a roller 83 which is constantly urgedinto contact against the outer irregular wall of cam 81 as by means ofthe retractile spring 84 connected at one end as shown to said claw SOand at its other end to an anchor pin 85 carried by the bed plate 9.Lever 77 is provided as shown with the ears 86, between. which arepivotally mounted a lever 87 carrying at one end a dog 88, by gravityurged to the location shown in Fig. 1, and carrying at its other end anose 89 adapted to contact with the curved wall 90 mounted asillustrated upon the upper surface of bed plate 9, said wall 90preferably coinciding with an arc constructed from a center coincidentwith the pivotal center adjacent the point 79 of lever 77. Wall 90carries as shown cam plates 91 and 92, said wall being supported uponthe standards 93. A hook 94 (Fig. 1) preferably constructed of resilientmaterial and having a terminal tooth 94', is fixedly mounted upon thelever 77 as by means of the screws 95 (said Fig. 1).

Having thus described this embodiment of this invention, the operationthereof` which should largely be obvious, is substantially as follows.The handle 67 of the square rod 64 is manually or otherwise urged to therear of the apparatus in the direction of the arrow 96 (Fig. 2), therebycausing the block 68 to engage with the pin 57 of the segment 55 (Figs.2 and 3), and

thus rocking the lever 51, which in turn shifts in the direction of thearrow the col lar 48 fiXedly mounted upon the feather 46 as aforesaid(Figs. 2 and 3). The feather 46 will thus carry the cam portion 5S tothe location illustrated in Fig. 3 and in this manner set up a coupledrelation as described above between clutch case 20 and clutch head 60.Said clutch case is as aforesaid fiXedly mounted upon driving pulley 19(which is here assumed to be receiving drive from the belt 21) and theclutch head is ixedly mounted as aforesaid upon the main driving shaft18. Main driving shaft 1S as aforesaid drives the worm gear 16 andconsequently its supported rotating table 13 and turret 24. With saidtable and said turret so rotating, successive unit masses of material orcontainers 3 are manually or otherwise fed into each of the subdivisions22 as aforesaid, and as each of these subdivisions progressively passesthe feeding point 6 (Fig. 2) during the rotation of table 13 and turret24 subsequent to the feeding upon said table of each container or massof material, the appropriate foot 35 is caused gradually to descend andascendfas aforesaid and in accordance with the lay of the cam groove 30(Fig. 3) with reference to the particular mass of material or containertherebelow supported upon the rotating table 13. 1t will be seen thatafter the rotation of said table 13 has sufficiently progressed to havefed upon each subdivision 22 a mass of material or container S,thereafter during the rotation of said table each mass of materialdirectly supported upon said table 13 or within a container 8 willreceive gradually increasing compression between the points 43 and 44(Fig. 2). and that consequently all of said masses of material willsimultaneously be subjected to the compressing action of its appropriatefoot 35 in accordance with theA particular location of their supportingsubdivisions 22 somewhere between said points 43 and 44. Should any ofsaid unit masses of material or containers S be projecting within apredetermined degree, preferably to a degree such that upon contactingthe centering cam 42 said cam will during the subsequent rotation oftable 14 properly force toward the center of said table said unit massof material or said container 8 sufficiently to A properly dispose uponthe proper subdivision 22 said mass of material or said container 8 liesjust underneath the tooth 94 (Fig. 1) of said hook, the roller 83 (Fig.4) is lying substantially as shown within the trough of one of thenotches carried by the cam 81. Upon the table 13 rotating farther Vinit-s normal direction, roller 83 rides away from the center of saidtable 13 and in the direction of the arrow 83 along the wall 81 of saidcam 81, thereby, and before table 13 has farther rotated to remove fromwithin range of said hook the mass of material or container now beingconsidered, engaging with said m`ass of material or said container, and,due to the diiferences in leverage, quickly causing the rocking of lever77 upon its pivot 79 and .withdrawing Vfrom the subdivision 22 and ontothe bedplate 9 said mass of material or said container engaged thereby(Fig. 4). It should be understood that during this ejection of saidmass. of material or container 8 (Figs. 1 and 4) the preferablyresilient hook 94 is downwardly deiiected to the abnormal positiondisclosed Vin Fig. 1, by means of the engagement of the nose 89 of thedog 88 with the underside of cam 91, until said lever 77 has been so farswung. outwardly on its pivot 79 as to allow said nose 89 to rideupwardly on the under curved surface 91 of said cam 91 or totally clearsaid cam and ride along the upper curved surface of cam 92; whereupondog 88 will allow hook 94 to strain upwardly to normal position and awayfrom its previous engagement with said container. lt should also beunderstood that before the operation just described, and as rotatingtable 13 advances so far as to bring a mass of material or a container 8just within'range of said hook 94, said roller 83 (Fig. 4)v has justleft the illustrative point 81 of the cam 81 and is advancing in thedirection of the arrow 83 along the wall of said cam 81 parallel to saidarrow 83, `thereby advancing the tooth upon said hook 94 toward thecenter of table 13 whereby said hoolrmay enter into a preferable latchengagement with said mass'of material or a' portion ofsaid container 8.

It will be seen from the conformation of the wall of cam 81 parallel tothe arrow 83 that the just described actuation of hook 94 takes placeveryrapily in comparison with the interval of time required to transportto without the range of said hook a mass of material or container 8.

Reverting now to the parts shownin Fig. 2 adjacent the cam 42, it isobvious that were a mass of material or a container 8 fed adjacent thepoint 6 to a subdivision 22 upon rotating table 13 in such careless orerroneous manner as to cause said mass of material or container 8 toproject to suoli a great eX- tent as to prevent the proper functioningof said cam 42, a jamming of the parts and with the notch 73 formed uponthe square' rod 64 (such normal engagement being due as aforesaid to theinitialshift of said rodr 44 in the direction ofthe arrow 96 to coupleas aforesaid to the driving pulley the driving shaft 18) the latch 72being pro vided as aforesaid with a nose 72 in such location that saidnose 72 will beengaged v by a projecting mass of material or container 8provided such mass of material or container is projecting to such adegree as will not permit of the proper functioning of cam 42. Upon suchmass of material or container projecting as thus described from asubdivision 22, said mass of material or container will in an obviousmanner and after an obvious fraction of rotation of table 13, engagewith nose 72 of latch 72, andy shift said latch against the tension ofspring 7 6 in the direction of the arrow 72, break the engagementbetween said latch andthe notch 73 formed upon the square rod y64, andallow the retractile spring 69 (Fig. 2) to destroy the theretoforecoupled engagement of driving shaft 18 with driving pulley 19 as shownin Fig. 3.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an embodiment of thisinvention well adapted to attain the various ends and objects thereofand an 4embodiment also capable of inexpensive manufacture, accuracy andraplidity of operation, and simplicity of contro Inasmuch as manychanges could be made in the above construction, and many apparentlywidely different embodimentsof myk invention could `be made withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained inthe above descriptionV or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limiting sense. .c Itis also to be understood that the language used in the following claimsis in iso tended to cover all the ygeneric and specific j features oftheinvention herein described and all statementsof the'scope of theinvention, which, as a matter of language, Vmight be said to falltherebetween. j

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is: 1 f y 1. In apparatus ofthe class described, incombination, means carrying a plurality of compartments each adapted tosupporta mass 0f material, compressingmeans normally bodily removed fromone of said compartments, and .means adapted to cause the simultaneoustravel of the lirst-mentioned means and said compressing means wherebysaid compressing means bodily enters one of said compartments. l

2. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, means adapted tosupport a mass of material, compressing means normally removed from saidmaterial, means adapted to cause the simultaneous travel of saidsupporting means and said compressing means vvhereby said compressingmeans acts upon said material, and alining means adapted predeterminedlyto act upon said material.

3. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meanscarrying a plurality of compartments each adapted to support a mass oit'material, compressing means normally bodily removed from one or saidcompartments and carried by said rotary means, and means adapted duringthe rotation of the rst mentioned means to cause said compressing meansbodily to enter the compartment last-mentioned.

4. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meanscarrying a plu rality of compartments each adapted to support a mass ofmaterial, compressing means normally bodily removed from one of saidcompartments and carried by said rotary means, and means adapted duringthe rotation of the iirst mentioned means to cause said compressingmeans bodily to enter the compartment last-mentioned and thereafter totraverse said compartment With gradually increasing effect.

5. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotarymeansadapted to support a mass of material, said rotary means carrying aplurality of material-accommodating subdivisions into each successiveone of which a mass of material may be fed during the rotation of saidmeans, a plu rality of compressing means each carried by said rotarymeans adjacent but normally entirely removed from one of saidsubdivisions, and means adapted during said rotation to cause each ofsaid plurality of compressing means successively bodily to enter saidsubdivisions.

6. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meansadapted to sup-1 port a mass of material, said rotary means carrying aplurality of material-accommodating subdivisions into each successiveone of which a mass of material may be 'fed during the rotation of saidmeans, a plurality of compressing means each carried by said rotarymeans adjacent but normally entirely removed from one of saidsubdivisions, and means adapted during said rotation to cause each ofsaid plurality of compressing means successively bodily to enter saidsubdivisions.

7. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meansadapted to support a mass of material, said rotary means carrying aplurality of material-accommodating subdivisions into each successiveone 'to a predetermined point, said ejection means being controlled bythe rotation oia said rotary means.

8. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meansadapted to support a mass of material, said rotary means carrying aplurality of material-accommodating subdivisions into each successiveone of Which a mass or" material may be fed during the rotation of saidmeans, a plurality oi' compressing means each carried by said rotarymeans adjacent one of said subdivisions, means adapted during saidrotation to cause said plurality of compressing means to actsimultaneously upon material accommodated Within said subdivisions, andmeans adapted to cause a halting of the-rotation of said rotating meansWhen engaged by incorrectly accommodated material being transported bysaid rotating means.

9. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, rotary meansadapted to support a mass of material, said rotary means carrying aplurality of material-accommodating subdivisions into each successiveone of which a mass of material may be fed during the rotation of saidmeans, a plurality of compressing means each carried by said rotarymeans adjacent one of said subdivisions, means adapted during said rotation to cause said plurality of compressing means to act simultaneouslyupon materia] accommodated Within said subdivisions, means adapted tocause a halting of the rotation of said rotating means vvhen engaged byincorrectly accommodated material being transported by said rotatingmeans, and alining means adapted predeterminedly to act upon saidincorrectly accommodated material provided said material is not soincor`4 rectly accommodated as to engage With said halting means.

10. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means adaptedto support a mass of material, compressing means normally removed fromsaid material, and means adapted to cause the simultaneous travel ofsaid supporting means and said compressing means vvhereby saidcompressing means acts upon said material, said compressingmeans'including a presser member and an angularly odset member foraiding said material in withstanding internal pressure.

1l. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, means carrying ahorizontally arranged surface predeterminedly located, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to act upon the material Within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted predeterminedly to transfersaid mass i-'rom said, compartment on to said surface.

l2. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to act upon the material within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted to eject said mass from saidcompartment substantially horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a container' Which is removably car- -ried by said compartmentand which is adapted directly to support said mass of material therein.

13. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to act upon the material Within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted to eject said mass from saidcompartment substantially horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a container which is removably carried by said compartment andadapted directly to support said mass of material therein; saidcompartment being provided With a substantially horizontally arrangedWay for the accommodation of a portion of said container.

14. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to act upon the material Within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted to eject said mass from saidcompartment substantially horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a containerivhich is removably carried by said compartment andwhich is adapted Ydirectly to support said mass of material therein;said compartment being provided with a groove for the accommodation of aportion of said container.

15. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment Y adapted to'supp'rt a mass 'of materia'hcompression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to actupon the material' Within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted to eject said mass from saidcompartment substantially tially horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a container which is removably carried by said compartment andwhich is adapted directly to support said mass of material therein; saidcompartment being provided With a slide-Way for the accommodation of aprojection carried by said container.

17. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to Vactuate saidcompression means to act upon the material Within said compartment tocompress said material and means adapted to eject said mass from saidcompartment substantially horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a container which is removably car` ried by said compartmentand Which is adapted directly to support said mass of Inaterial thereinand also including an instrumentality adapted to engage said containerand pull the same from said compartment.

18. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compression meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompression means to act upon the material Within said compartment tocompress said material, said compartment being open at one end and saidcompression means including a compressing-plate and awall adapted toclose the open end of said compartment during the compressing operation.

19. In apparatus of the class described, means carrying a compartmentadapted to support a mass of material, compressing means normally acentsaid compartment, means adapted to actuate said compressing means tocompress the material Within said horizontally; the means last-mentionedincluding a container Which is removably carried by said compartment andadapted dicompartment; in combination With a removable container foraccommodation Within said compartment, said compartment and saidcontainer having mutually coperant conformations.

20. ln apparatus of tlie class described, means carrying a compartmentadapted to support a mass of material, compressing means normallyadjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate said compressingmeans to compress the material Within said compartment; in combinationWith a removable open-topped container for said compart ment, into whichcontainer said compressing means may advance.

2l. In apparatus of the class described, means carrying a compartmentadapted to support a mass of material, compressing means normallyadjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate said compressingmeans to compress the material Within said compartment; in combinationWith a removable open-topped container for accommodation Within saidcompartment and into Which container said compressing .means mayadvance; said container and said compartment carrying cooperatingconformations whereby said container may be horizontally slid into andfrom said compartment.

22. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, compressing meansnormally adjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate saidcompressing means to compress the material Within said compartment, andalining means adapted predeterminedly to act upon said material, saidalining means including a member adapted to Wipe into said compartment acontainer which substantially horizontally projects therefrom.

23. ln apparatus of the class described, means carrying a compartmentadapted to support a mass of material, compressing means normallyadjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate said compressingmeans to compress the material Within said compartment; in combinationWith a removable open-topped container for accommodation Within saidcontainer and into which container said compressing means may ad- Vance;said container and said compartment carrying cooperating conformationsWhereby said container may be horizontally slid into and from saidcompartment; and alining means adapted predeterminedly to act upon saidmaterial, said alining means including a member adapted to forcepredeterminedly Within said compartment a container which horizontallyprojects therefrom.

24E. ln apparatus of the class described, in combination, means carryinga compartment adapted to support a mass of material, comamazes .minedlyto act upon said material, said alining means including a member adaptedto Wipe into said compartment a container which substantiallyhorizontally projects therefrom; said member being` resiliently urOed toa predetermined set.

25. in apparatus of the class described, means carrying a compartmentadapted to support a mass of material, compressing means normallyadjacent said compartment, means adapted to actuate said compressingmeans to compress the material Within said compartment, in combinationWith a removable open-topped container adapted for accommodation withsaid compartment into which container said compressing means mayadvance; said container and said compartment carrying cooperatingconformations whereby said container may be horizontally slid into andfrom said compartment; and alining means adapted predeten minedly to actupon said material, said alining means including a member adapted toforce predeterminedly Within said compartment a container whichhorizontally projects therefrom; said member being resiliently urged toa predetermined set.

26. in apparatus of the class described, in combination, a movablemember which is adapted to move past a predetermined point, a pluralityof substantially horizontal tracks carried by said member, a removablecontainer adapted to be advanced over said tracks when said member isadjacent said predetermined point, and a compressing instrumentalityadapted to advance toward the interior of said container.

27. in apparatus of the class described, in combination, a movablemember which is adapted to move past a predetermined point, a pluralityof substantially horizontal tracks carried by said member, a removablecontainer adapt-ed to be advanced over said tracks When said member isadjacent said predetermined point, and a compressing instrumentalityadapted to advance toward the interior of said container; saidcompressing instrumentality being operatively connected Wit-li guidingmeans Which causes a predetermined bodily removal of saidinstrumentality from the interior of said container and a predeterminedadvance of said instrumentality toward the interior ot said container.

28. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a movablemember Which is adapted to move past a predetermined point,

a plurality of substantially horizontal tracks carried by said member, aremovable container adapted to be advanced over said tracks when saidmember is adjacent said predetermined point, and a compressinginstrumentality adapted to advance toward the interiory of saidcontainer; said compressing instrumentality being operatively connectedwith guiding means which causes a predetermined bodily removal of saidinstrumentality from the interior of said container and a predeterminedadvance of said instrumentality toward the interior of said container;said guiding means including a cam.

29. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, a movablemember which is adapted to move past a predetermined point, a pluralityof substantially horizontal tracks carried by said member, a removablecontainer adapted to be advanced over said tracks when said member isadjacent said predetermined point, and a compressing instrumentalityadapted to advance toward the interior of said container; saidcompressing instrumentality being operatively connected with guidingmeans which causes a predetermined bodily removal of saidinstrumentality from the interior of Said container and a predeterminedadvance of said instrumentality toward the interior of said container;said guiding means including a cam-groove, a roller coperating therewithand a connection between said roller and said instrumentality.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twowitnesses.

sIMoN COOPER.

In the presence of- A. M. HENRY, A. L. MILLER.

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